Former Jamaican sprinter Christania Williams and her driver Katrin Beierl secured a commendable fourth-place finish in the two-woman bobsled event at the European Championships in Lillehammer on Sunday. Competing against some of the world's best teams, Williams and Beierl delivered a strong performance, finishing behind three German teams in the standings.
Jamaica’s 2016 Rio Olympic silver medalist, Christania Williams, has expressed her overwhelming emotions after securing her first-ever podium finish as a bobsleigh athlete at the European Championships in Lillehammer on Sunday.
On a rainy night in Spain, Idowu added to his Commonwealth and world titles by earning victory with the best jump of his career.
The 31-year-old leaped a superb 17.81 metres on his fourth attempt, extending his previous personal best by eight centimetres to finish ahead of Romania’s Marian Oprea.
Idowu said afterwards: “I’ve always worked hard and by the grace of God I’ve come out a gold medallist.”
Idowu’s success was Great Britain’s second gold medal of the 2010 European Championships after Mo Farah had triumphed in the 10,000m.
London-born Idowu had also landed Olympic silver at Beijing in 2008 but injury problems later began to hamper his career and he failed to make it past the qualifying round in his home Games in 2012.
He retired from the sport the following year.